Science and Engineering Council Luncheon

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See meal choices below. Please reserve now, choose your meal, and pay now by PayPal or credit card,
or pay at the door with cash or check.SEC meets at the High Sierra Grill, 521 Firestone Road —
off Hollister Avenue just west of Fairview.
 Click www.scieng.org – use the Scholarship Donation Feature, 
and join SEC as a member
11-08-17 What the heck is that? Using a microscopic mirage to chemically identify and map materials
Where

High Sierra Grill in Goleta
521 Firestone Road
Goleta, CA 93111
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Register below for the November SEC luncheon and high-tech presentation!
Our November Presentation:  Anasys Instruments recently introduced a new instrument that performs chemical analysis on the microscopic scale. The instrument uses infrared spectroscopy, which generates a signal that acts as a fingerprint to identify the material being studied. It rapidly acquires infrared spectra on a length scale 10-1000X smaller than conventional infrared instruments, revealing details that were invisible to previous infrared microscopes. With this capability, researchers can visualize the chemical makeup of complex materials. This instrument is leading to exciting applications in areas that will touch our lives in many ways–new materials for autos, consumer electronics, food, biomedical research, health care and beauty products.
Our Speaker:  Dr. Craig Prater is the Chief Technical Officer at Anasys Instruments. He was previously the Chief Technologist for Veeco Metrology, responsible for new technology and intellectual property. He led the development of automated AFMs which enabled widespread use in semiconductor and data storage fabrication facilities. Craig was recognized in 2005 as the first Technology Fellow at Veeco Instruments, the highest technical rank in the organization. In addition to technical responsibilities, he managed an IP portfolio of over 100 patents. Craig has over 25 issued patents and more than 50 scientific publications with a total of more than 5000 citations. Craig has a PhD in Physics from UCSB.
Please RSVP by the Monday before the meeting:
A reservation allows SEC to provide the restaurant an accurate guarantee of meal amounts and results in faster service. When reserving, make a meal choice. You can pay in advance by credit card or at the door with check or cash. Remember you are always welcome as a walk-in member or guest without a reservation
Meal Choices: All meals are the same price. Please choose one when you register, to provide a count for the restaurant. Pay when you register or at the door.
  • Tri-Tip Sandwich
  • Smoked Turkey-Bacon Sandwich
  • High Sierra Chicken-Apple-Pecan Salad
  • Portobello Mushroom Sandwich with lettuce, tomato, onion
Drinks: Lemonade, diet soda, iced tea and water are available.
Register Now!

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – November 2, 2017

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We had another good net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control, Brian, K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • A ham in Hope Ranch has trouble hitting the Mesa repeater with his HT but he can hit Santa Ynez okay, but it’s noisy. Is the noise normal or is there a problem?
  • What are electric and magnetic (electromagnetic) waves?
  • Fractional Wave Loop antennas.
  • How do you test a coax cable for continuity/signal quality?
  • What HF rig/s and amplifiers do you have?
  • What’s the furthest contact you’ve made and on which band and mode?

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting questions will arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week and join in with questions and /or answers to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 10/26/2017

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We had another good net tonight with 7 check-ins plus net control, Brian, K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • WiFi following with ZUMspot (DMR Hotspot).
  • Earthquake detection and monitoring with Raspberry Pi.
  • More ZUMspot questions and TAC 310 talk group.
  • Given our Multi-Mode repeater, who takes priority? DMR, System Fusion, Dstar?
  • Some other related subjects.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting questions will arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week and join in with questions and /or answers to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

General Club Meeting – Friday, October 20, 2017

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Our club meeting this month will have two parts. At the November meeting we will hold our annual elections to elect board members and officers 2018. The nominating committee will present it’s slate of nominations for these positions and we will officially open floor nominations from the membership at large. There are a couple of other issues on the ballot as well, and we’ll discuss these, hear opposing views, and hold a question and answer session to make sure everyone understands the issues that will be before membership in November.

The second part of the meeting will be a hands-on demonstration on using DMR radios. We have previously had presentations on a general overview of DMR, programming radios, and now it’s time to learn how to operate. Many of our members have purchased excellent TYT MD-380 DMR radios and have them programmed and ready to go. DMR is quite a bit different than using normal ham FM radios, and there are a lot of features available. We’ll talk about using the menu options as well as all of the advanced features and explain all the interesting things you can do with DMR. So if you have a DMR radio, bring it to the meeting with you so you can follow along!

SBARC General Club Meetings are held at the Goleta Union School District, 401 N. Fairview Ave. in Goleta, right across the street from the Goleta Library. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the meeting starts at 7:30 PM. Put the date on your calendar and bring a guest!

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 10/19/2017

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The audio archive of this net can best be followed by downloading the .mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with the media player of your choice. You can move the progress slider forward or backward to the subject of interest to you.

We had another good net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control, Eric, KG6WXC and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • Is there a reason that the signal quality on our local repeater frequency 446.40 is better than 146.79?
  • How do you know which band is going to have the better signal/audio quality on a given day?
  • DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) and Winlink (RMS Express) see http://www.winlink.org

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting questions will arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week and join in with questions and /or answers to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 10/12/2017

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The audio archive of this net can best be followed by downloading the .mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with the media player of your choice. You can move the progress slider forward or backward to the subject of interest to you.

We had another good net tonight with 12 check-ins plus net control, Frank, K6FLD and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • DMR range and what happens when you’re out of range.
  • Other ways to get on the air with DMR if you’re not in range of a DMR repeater or Hot Spot.
  • How does an antenna pick up a specific signal and allow you to hear and understand it?
  • What is the status of local ham test classes and where else can one go to take a test?
  • Why are we required to maintain a log of what antenna we use when on 60 meters?

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting questions will arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week and join in with questions and /or answers to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.